The Sufraq Story
A Feast For All: where the Arabian feast meets Karachi's love of the grill.
Our Story
In Arabic, Sufra سفرة is the spread laid out when people gather. The cloth on the floor, the dishes carried to the centre, the moment a shared meal becomes a welcome.
Sufraq is a modern reading of that age-old ritual. The same warmth and generosity, the same open invitation, set down at a table in the heart of Gulshan-e-Iqbal.
We grill the way the Middle East has for generations, over real charcoal, and slow-steam fragrant Mandi until the meat falls from the bone. Everything arrives on platters made to be shared, because food always tastes better passed from hand to hand.
The day starts hours before the doors open. Coals are lit and raked to an even glow, the mandi pots are sealed to trap their steam, dough is proofed for the pizza oven and the sauces are made in-house. By four in the afternoon the kitchen is ready, and it does not stop until four in the morning.
That last part matters in this city. Karachi eats late, and some of our best tables are the 1 AM ones: families on the way home, students after exams, night-shift crews on a break. The table stays set whatever the hour, and everything on it is halal.
Come hungry, stay late. This is your table. Welcome to Sufraq.
Explore the menu
Marks of the feast
The Flame
Charcoal-grilled flavour at the heart of every dish.
The Lamp
A little Arabian magic, Mandi the traditional way.
The Palm
Hospitality and abundance, the desert feast spirit.
The Caravan
Flavours carried from Arabia to Karachi.
Where the table is set
Wooden slats overhead, warm lamps low over the booths, and the mashrabiya screen behind the counter. This is the room in Block 4, photographed as it is before service.
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Hours
4:00 PM – 4:00 AM, daily
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